and does that -- \[inaudible] -- mr. ryan: i've been saying what i've said all along as well. we're not going to bring a solution to the floor that does not have the support of president trump. and if we have the support of president trump on the kinds of things i just said, getting security and enforcement along with the solution here, that i believe will get a majority of our members. because our members support president trump. thank you very much, everybody. appreciate it. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] (202) 628-0184 announcer: the president and first lady traveled to fort myers, florida to view the damage left behind by hurricane irma and to meet with individuals impacted by the storm. the president made brief remarks at southwest florida international airport for

receiving a briefing on relief efforts. he also praised florida governor, rick scott for his leadership. here is a look. president trump: i just want to thank everybody. i came down to see fema, the coast guard, the army, the marines, everybody. the navy. the job that everybody has done is incredible. and i know you're all still in the process. but to think of the incredible power of that storm and while people unfortunately passed, it was such a small number that nobody -- people thought thousands and thousands of people may have their lives ended. and the number is a very small number, which is a great tribute to you. also the fact that i know in the case of fema and the case of coast guard, the job you've done

of saving people and saving lives, as an example in harvey and texas, we talked over 16,000 lives. and nobody would even understand that. even imagine. down here, the same thing. so i want to thank everybody. i don't want to see you neck week at another place, ok? we've seen you enough. but i just want to thank everybody. the first responders, on behalf of myself, our vice president, melania really wanted to be with us. it's really touched her heart what has happened. we've seen the devastation. we're going to see some more of it now unfortunately. i have to say that your governor, where is our governor here? rick scott. [applause] the job he's done is incredible. and i guess i've been very lucky.

because you have a great governor in texas. you have a great governor in florida. the job that rick has done is being talked about all over. and to think that -- i must say, florida power and light, where is eric? come here, eric. great job. [applause] president trump i will say, : they're way ahead of schedule. there are more electrical people in this state i think than ever accumulated anywhere in the world is what i read before. from the all over the country they came. i've never seen -- you've never seen anything like this. >> no we haven't. president trump mobilized all : over. i see pam who has done such an incredible job stopping certain little problems before they start. and actually getting some of the companies to put up a lot of money. so the attorney general, i want to thank you, pam. fantastic job. \[applause] and elaine, where's elaine? elaine duke. where's -- \[inaudible] -- don't lose him. i have to say that brock working with your governor, working with pam, working with elaine, working by the way with marco

rubio, who is around here someplace. [applause] it's a team like very few people have seen. and i want to thank everybody. marco, i want to thank you a lot. you were really helpful. i just, again, i have to say that what do i know? but i hope this man right here, rick scott, runs for the senate. i don't know what he's going to do. but i know that at a certain point it ends for you. we can't let it end. so i hope he runs for senate. who knows what he's going to do. [applause] again, i came down to say hello to you folks, as i say hello to you folks. and the first lady and myself, this is an honor for us to be here. we're now going to tour some of the areas and, as rick said, we

have been very, very fast. we had to be. we were signing papers as the storm was coming in. that's never happened before. rick, thank you very much, for the great job. brock and everybody. thank you very much. the great rick perry here. [applause] we have energy. we have linda. linda mcmahon. we have so many of the people. so many of the cabinet members. they're going to help. i want to thank mike pence. he's in fact -- vice president pence: thank you, mr. president, first lady, honor to be with you today just to pay a debt of gratitude for the great leadership here in the state and local level. i know the president directed the full resources of the federal government to support florida's efforts, to prepare for and confront and now recover and rebuild from hurricane irma. the president's directive over the weekend was clear, wherever

hurricane irma goes, we're going to be there first. and thanks to the great leadership of your governor and your emergency management team and all of the great first responders on the ground. that's exactly what florida did. the president has said, we're with you today, we're going to be with you tomorrow, and we're going to be with you until florida rebuilds bigger and better than ever before. [applause] thank you. president trump just one word on : a very important subject. so your power is, i mean, literally, rick, the going on as we speak. thus it is going on as was the, going way ahead of schedule, weeks ahead of schedule. much of it, most of it, i guess, outside of the keys where we have the very special problem, but we're working hard on that. that's a very, very special problem. that was just dead center. but we're working very hard on that.

we have a lot of goods out there, a lot of water, a lot of food, a lot of everything. but i'd like to ask your governor to say a few words. he's been absolutely outstanding. thank you, rick. thank you. >> first off, i would like to thank everybody for their prayers. we've had prayers from all over the world. i want to thank everybody for doing everything they can to get us back. i want to thank the president and the vice president. what i can tell you is, they were always accessible. they made quick decisions. they surrounded themselves with outstanding people. they were constantly calling meetings to say, what resources do we need? i want to thank the entire military. i want to thank the coast guard, the navy. [applause] they were always calling to say, what resources can we bring to the table?

our state has been devastated. you go to the keys, there were nine storm surges, their homes just toppled. we don't want to lose a life. in this part of the state, we have a lot of flooding, wind, and it rains. we are working hard to get power back on. utilities have restored 4 million homes, down to 25% of our homes. we all want our power back. i want to thank them for what they have been doing so far. -- sakeo think that the of the federal government for all their support. beenederal government has a partner to make sure the field opens up. helpinglaw enforcement to make sure we have fuel. i want to thank the national

guard. we have national guard members from other states here making sure shelters are open, people are comfortable. it would not have happened without the red cross, salvation army, national guard. we have a lot of work to do. we are not done today. we are going to work hard. the federal government will continue to be a partner. we will be a strong, resilient state. i want to thank everybody's prayers to help us get through this. [applause] now going to be making a tour of the areas and see some of the vaux and make sure they are -- some of the folks at make sure they are happy. in many cases, they have lost their homes and it is a tough situation. i will tell you, i want to thank

the military. thank everybody and we will see you later. we appreciate you being so understanding. it has been a tough time, even for you folks, and we appreciate your understanding. this has been a difficult situation. .ll of the roads are open and the ports are just about open. what we had to do to get the ports open, people would not believe how to we got the ports open so quickly. thank you so much. thank you. [applause] >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning. 2016a's involvement in the

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